Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827 If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827